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We are able to catch the common cold year after year so does that mean that the viruses (rhinovirus and—to a lesser extent—Coronaviruses) mutate fast enough that we don’t ever develop full immunity to them analogous to influenza? If so, why isn’t the common cold much more severe?

by /u/kjpmi in /r/askscience

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